On 3 December 1914, Solomon Ward applied for a marriage license forJesse Henderson of Wilson, 21, son ofJesse Jacobs and Sarah Jacobs, and Pauline Artis of Wilson, 18, daughter of Alice Artis. On the same day, Fred M. Davis, Baptist minister, performed the ceremony at his residence before Mary Barnes, Annie Hines, and Willie Cromartie, all of Wilson. [Jesse and Sarah Henderson Jacobs were, in fact, Jesse’s foster parents.]